Opinion
When it Comes to Our Freedom to Vote, the Two Parties Are Not the Same
Voting rights and our access to the ballot in Pennsylvania are under attack.
Kadida Kenner
March 31, 2024
Voting rights and our access to the ballot in Pennsylvania are under attack.
The price of corporate compromising on safety is usually paid with taxpayer dollars and immigrant worker lives.
The commonwealth, with its highly skilled union workforce and infrastructure, should be at the forefront of the clean energy transition.
Most Americans think of the federal government and the president as capable of doing anything that a majority of Congress thinks is appropriate. But that is not true.
He actually champions the needs of ordinary American people: women’s reproductive freedom, the strength of our democracy, the prosperity of workers, lowering the cost of consumer goods, and preventing child poverty.
The Republican playbook rolls back existing firearm regulations and blocks new gun control laws. This will only worsen gun violence.
Reversing progress on bail reform is a new flashpoint in the GOP’s culture wars.
Bucks County Beacon readers sound off.
Anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans contributed to the hate that led to the death of a non-binary teenager in Oklahoma.
Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson are fear-mongering over noncitizen voting, which is among the oldest tactics in American electoral politics.
Student climate justice activist Eliana Atienza shares how the campus organization is working to create change at the University of Pennsylvania.
We need to fight for environmental justice until all marginalized communities have access to clean air, clean water, and a healthy environment. It’s a matter of life or death.
Meanwhile, Pennsylvania School Directors Coalition founder Christina Brussalis is tight-lipped about who’s funding the organization, who’s on the board, and whether they are working with the Independence Law Center.
“Access to health care is inextricably linked to economic mobility, and basic preventative care like birth control should not be a luxury that is only available to some,” said Bucks County State Rep. Tim Brennan.
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